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America Magazine hosts an event at odds with the church’s teaching.
Archbishop John C. Wester of the Sante Fe diocese called the voices of LGBTQ Catholics “prophetic” at Outreach 2023, an LGBTQ Catholic ministry conference hosted by America Magazine.
The conference “gathers LGBTQ lay people, clergy, scholars, artists, educators, students, and family members to build community, share best practices and worship together,” according to Outreach’s website. The conference topics ranged from “The Catholic Lesbian Experience” to “LGBTQ Clergy and Religious.” (READ MORE: My Religion is Not Your Costume)
America Magazine, a Jesuit publication, has often flirted with heretical positions, though it has shied away from outright contradicting Church teaching. However, at this conference, its staff did not mince words.
While introducing one of the keynote speakers at the event, editor-at-large and Jesuit priest James Martin spoke of Outreach’s role in collaborating with other LGBTQ organizations, such as Dignity USA and New Ways Ministries.
“Outreach tries to amplify voices and bring people together,” Martin said.
Marianne Duddy-Burke, executive director of Dignity USA, said that Dignity helped “integrate” her sexual orientation with her faith after her Newman center — a ministry for college Catholics — deemed her “unfit” for leadership because of her lesbian sexual orientation.
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Archbishop John C. Wester of the Sante Fe diocese called the voices of LGBTQ Catholics “prophetic” at Outreach 2023, an LGBTQ Catholic ministry conference hosted by America Magazine.
The conference “gathers LGBTQ lay people, clergy, scholars, artists, educators, students, and family members to build community, share best practices and worship together,” according to Outreach’s website. The conference topics ranged from “The Catholic Lesbian Experience” to “LGBTQ Clergy and Religious.” (READ MORE: My Religion is Not Your Costume)
America Magazine, a Jesuit publication, has often flirted with heretical positions, though it has shied away from outright contradicting Church teaching. However, at this conference, its staff did not mince words.
While introducing one of the keynote speakers at the event, editor-at-large and Jesuit priest James Martin spoke of Outreach’s role in collaborating with other LGBTQ organizations, such as Dignity USA and New Ways Ministries.
“Outreach tries to amplify voices and bring people together,” Martin said.
Marianne Duddy-Burke, executive director of Dignity USA, said that Dignity helped “integrate” her sexual orientation with her faith after her Newman center — a ministry for college Catholics — deemed her “unfit” for leadership because of her lesbian sexual orientation.
Continued below.
Catholic LGBTQ Voices ‘Prophetic,’ According to Santa Fe Archbishop - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics
Santa Fe archbishop called the voices of LGBTQ Catholics “prophetic” at Outreach 2023, an LGBTQ Catholic ministry conference.
